Language Arts

What are we learning?

• The next couple weeks will focus on reading and composing poetry.  
• Students will use and interpret figurative language such as similes and metaphors and learn to use them in their own writing. 
• After reading a poem students will discuss the theme and the meaning of the poem.

Home/School Connection

• What is this poem mostly about? 
• What are lines ____ mostly about?
• Which sentence would be best to include in a summary of the poem?
• What are you visualizing (picturing in your mind)?
• What are you feeling?

Math

What are we learning?

•  Determine common multiples and factors, including least common multiple (LCM)and greatest common factor (GCF)
• Continue to order fractions with and without models including number lines and <,>,= symbols

Home/School Connection

• Multiples are skip counting; practice skip counting with your student
• Regularly have your student explore coins, an analog clock, and measuring tools as a habit
• Explore measuring cups in relation to greater and less than

Science

What are we learning?

• Students will explore how living and nonliving things interact in an ecosystem
• After learning about ecosystems, students will learn how weather affects the ecosystem

Home/School Connection

• How do weather and climate affect ecosystems?
• What is the importance of plants in the ecosystem? 
• How do the parts of the ecosystem interact?

Social Studies

What are we learning?

Make connections between Virginia geography and Native Peoples and Virginia ecosystems.

Home/School Connection

• Ask your student about uses of natural resources you observe around Reston? What would natives of the area used in their daily lives?

Click here to see what students are learning in Specials!